Earthquake in 5 states including Delhi-NCR, earth shook for 30 seconds

Delhi NCR News: Strong tremors of earthquake were felt in Delhi-NCR on Tuesday at 2:28 pm for 30 seconds. The epicenter of the earthquake was 12 km from Kalika in Nepal. Its intensity was measured at 5.8. Apart from Delhi-NCR, the effect of the earthquake was also felt in some areas of Uttarakhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana. In the neighboring country China too, the earth trembled in many areas.

This is the third incident of earthquake in the capital since the beginning of the new year. Earlier on January 5, strong tremors of earthquake were felt in Delhi-NCR and Kashmir at 7:56 pm. According to the National Center for Seismology, its intensity on the Richter scale was 5.9. Its center was the Hindu Kush area, 79 km from Faizabad in Afghanistan.

There was an earthquake on January 5 as well

It may be mentioned that earlier on January 5, an earthquake of magnitude 5.9 had occurred in Afghanistan and its tremors were felt in Delhi and surrounding areas as well. This earthquake occurred in the Hindukush region of Afghanistan. The epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km south of Fayzabad, Afghanistan at a depth of 200 km. It is a matter of relief that there was no news of any major damage in the earthquake.

There was an earthquake in Nepal last month

Earlier, on December 28, three tremors of earthquake were felt in different areas of Nepal. According to the National Center for Earthquake Monitoring and Research, 3 tremors were felt in a span of 2 hours 5 minutes in Bagalun district. Let us tell you that on April 25, 2015, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake occurred in Gorkha district of Nepal, in which 9,000 people died and about 50,000 houses were damaged.

Earth trembled even on New Year's day in Delhi

The earthquake also hit Delhi on the first day of the new year i.e. Sunday late night. The National Center for Seismology reported that a magnitude 3.8 earthquake occurred at 1:19 am. Its center was at Jhajjar in Haryana. Its depth was 5 km below the ground. Although there was no harm in it.

Earthquake occurred thrice in November

Earlier on November 29, earthquake tremors were felt in Delhi-NCR. At that time the intensity was measured at 2.5 on the Richter scale. The western region of Delhi was the epicenter of the earthquake, which had a depth of 5 km.

On November 12, strong tremors of earthquake were felt in Delhi-NCR and Uttarakhand. People had come out of their homes and offices after the earthquake. Then apart from Delhi, earthquake tremors were also felt in Noida, Ghaziabad, Bijnor.